Private Pleasure, Public Plight: Urban Development, Suburban Sprawl, and the Decline of Community
- ISBN-10
- 1412831903
- ISBN-13
- 9781412831901
- Series
- Private Pleasure, Public Plight
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers
- Author
- David Popenoe
Description
A social and cultural analysis of community life in metropolitan areas of the USA, Sweden and England. The author focuses on how environment and culture interact to shape human behaviour. Despite their similarities, the three societies vary widely, offering opportunities to compare and contrast.
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